Zero trust – a security strategy based on the continuous authentication of all users within and outside an organization’s network – has gained momentum within the federal government in recent years, but making this vision a reality is not without its challenges. According to expert panelists, who shared their thoughts during the Potomac Office...
Medical device manufacturer Arthrex has received a five-year, $471 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver orthopedic procedural packages and supplies to military and government customers. The DLA Troop Support in Pennsylvania awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on a sole source basis and will fund the ...
The Department of Homeland Security aims to be the “non-DOD AI leader” within the federal government, according to the agency’s Deputy CIO Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz. “The Secretary really wants DHS to be the non-DOD AI leader,” said Bartz, referring to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyb...
Amazon Web Services has secured a $114.5 million contract from Army Contracting Command–Rock Island to provide cloud services at Impact Level 6 to the Army Enterprise Cloud Management Agency. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the contract was awarded under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract vehicle to enable ECMA to provide conti...
At the 100th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the fall, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the establishment of a new enterprise: the Disruptive Capabilities Office. This endeavor is meant to reconfigure and accelerate the research-to-implementation pipeline for new technologies. And not just any technologies,...
By Cameron Chehreh, vice president and general manager of public sector at Intel Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of our daily lives, with far-reaching potential impacts on government and public services. With AI, mission teams can accelerate data analysis and make faster, more informed decisions from the front lines to city stree...
Concepts like Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control have brought coalition warfighting to the forefront of Department of Defense priorities, but the need to modernize relevant technologies and standards remains an obstacle to realizing this vision. According to Lt. Gen. Dimitri Henry, director of intelligence, J2 for the DOD, the potent...
The U.S. Army is all-in on modernization. To pave a path for continued mission success, the service branch developed its Army of 2030 concept, a massive effort that aims to revitalize the force and build up new capabilities to solidify an advantage on today’s battlefield. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Army Summit on June 13,...
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has released a draft solicitation for a small business set-aside contract to provide enterprise support and engineering services for Microsoft products and cloud services to defense and intelligence agencies. A notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov states that the Microsoft Enterprise Services II—Small Business ...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond In a previous article in our CMMC series, we explored the key differences between the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and past Department of Defense cybersecurity initiatives, namely the NIST SP 800-171. One of the most significant changes is the introduction of mandatory third-party ...
